FORT SMITH, Ark. — James A. Ingram, currently Arkansas Best vice president of market development, will add the responsibilities of strategic development, effective immediately, Arkansas Best Corp. said Tuesday.

LEXINGTON, Mass. — World trade by all modes of transportation, rebounding strongly from a deep dive during the global economic crisis, will grow 8.5 percent in 2010, according to the latest forecast from IHS Global Insight's World Trade Service.